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Annie
The day had been one of the longest of Annie's life. She had never known exhaustion like it. Danny was breathing on his own and getting stronger by the minute but she had no idea where Sam was. She knew having a baby would be exhausting and it was bound to change their relationship but she had no idea how much it would change it. She smiled slightly as the baby in the incubator wriggled slightly. Her boy was growing well and the doctors were happy with him. That in itself meant the world to her. She sighed slightly as the door to the Special Care Baby Unit swung open.
"Annie." Sam sounded out of breath.
"Hi."
"I am so sorry."
"Why? What have you done?" Annie turned to face her husband. Her brown curls bobbed around her face.
"I have been an idiot. I was just so scared." Sam watched as Annie held his gaze.
"You think I haven't been scared? You think I am not terrified all the time? Sam." She shook her head. "You are right. You are an idiot."
"I know." He touched her hand.
"You're here now." Annie smiled slightly as the baby opened his eyes.
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Ray stood in the small kitchenette in the CID Squad Room waiting for the kettle to boil. It had been a good day. Well, good considering we are absolutely nowhere with the case, Ray thought as the kettle boiled in front of him. He wanted to get David Hughes in the Interview Room and find out what the idiot thought he was playing at but the man had insisted on getting a lawyer, so now they had to wait until the lawyer turned up. He shook his head as Chris wandered in.
"You making me one?"
"What did your last slave die of?" Ray snapped.
"Dunno. You still here." Chris answered cheekily. "Alex phoned."
"Yeah?"
"Annie told her about the raid and Shaz arresting Hughes." Chris leant against the fridge. "She said she bumped into Sam in the corridor. Annie is doing really well and so is little Danny. They are on the way back here. I reckon she wants to interview Hughes."
"Nah mate." Ray poured milk into the two mugs in front of him. "Her and Sam are too close to the Guv. We'd never get it as far as court if the defense knew his mrs and best mate were interviewing him. 'as to be me and Shaz." Ray explained.
"Shaz?"
"She was the arresting officer. Alex will just 'av to interview the bird he is living with. You and Sam av another go at Keats." Ray decided. He was the only one there senior enough to issue orders. "Oh and get Phyllis and Viv to find out any background we av on these two idiots. I reckon his girlfriend, whats er name is daft enough to do as he says but Keats as something on them."
"Susie." Chris answered. "His bird is called Susie."
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Gene stared at his plaster cast in frustration. He hated being made to slow down but the fracture in his lower leg and across his knee meant he had at least another three weeks before the doctors would even consider taking the cast off. He knew he had a good chance of getting home. Alex had spoken to the doctors and he knew she could persuade the most stubborn of people around to her way of thinking. She had done the same to him a million and one times. That didn't stop the frustration. He glared at the crutches as he thought about how he was ever going to get back to a normal life now. He was the Gene Genie, the Manc Lion but he had been cut down to size and the thought that he was going to need Alex and the girls to help him rather than him looking after them made him feel sick. It felt wrong. He was the protector. Not them. He looked after Alex and the kids. Not the other way around.
"What the bloody 'ell is she ever going to see in you?" He muttered to himself as the door to his room swung open.
"I been asking meself that for years man." Nelson smiled as he walked towards him.
"Nelson." Gene shook his head slightly. "What the ell are you doing 'ere?"
"Mohammed doesn't come to the mountain and all that manbruv."
"Right." Gene nodded. "You aint brought me a pint av you?"
"Nah man. Alex would kill me." He smiled. "She said you were laid up in bed with women fussing over you."
"Nurses Nelson. They call them nurses. You know a few years ago." He shrugged as Nelson grinned.
"Yeah." Nelson laughed. "I know you only want one lady these days. She tamed the Manc Lion."
"No she bloody well has not!" Gene knew Nelson was right. Alex had tamed him. In more ways than one. He just wanted to go home.
"In that case. I'll leave you here. Alex called me. She had to go into work. Sharon arrested the man who did this to you. Dangerous driving with intent to cause death."
"Shaz? Bloody hell." Gene shook his head again. The baby of the team was really coming into her own. She was as tough as the men but smart with it, Gene smiled. She was also a good influence on Chris. And that boy needed someone with some sense in her head.
"Yeah." Nelson nodded, "She got him, also the lady he lives with. She asked me to stay to see if the doctor let you go home." Gene smiled at his friend. He wanted to go home desperately but he wanted to go home as the man he had been before the accident. Not in the state he was in now. He looked at the floor.
"Nelson."
"Yeah."
"You do me a favour?" Gene looked up to see the man with the dreadlocks nodding. Things were just about to get interesting.
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AN Thanks for sticking with me. Had some computer issues which explains the delay in updating. More soon. Please review.
